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Jack Olsen's true account, traces the causes of the tragic night in August 1967 when two separate and unrelated campers, a distance apart, were savagely mangled and killed by enraged bears. The award-winning author of thirty-three books, Jack Olsen’s books have published in fifteen countries and eleven languages. Olsen's journalism earned the National Headliners Award, Chicago Newspaper Guild's Page One Award, commendations from Columbia and Indiana Universities, the Washington State Governor's Award, the Scripps-Howard Award and other honors.

The Last Wild Places: Guardians of Untamed Wilderness follows globe-trotting adventurer Jack Maddox as he journeys to Earth's few remaining truly wild regions to live alongside the indigenous guardians who protect these ecosystems through traditional stewardship practices. Each episode immerses listeners in a different environment—from rainforest to savanna to jungle—where Jack participates in conservation efforts that blend ancient knowledge with modern challenges. Through vivid, first-person storytelling, Jack reveals how these traditional guardians maintain ecological balance through ...

What if the cataclysmic Tunguska explosion of 1908 was caused, not by a meteor or a comet, but by a microscopic black hole? … Well, like as not, you already know that story — the one told by Bill DeSmedt in his award-winning novel/podcast Singularity. What you may not know, though, is the story behind the story: the science behind Singularity. Surprisingly (or maybe not), you can learn a lot about primordial black holes and the Tunguska Event and black hole radiation and the Big Bang on the pages of Singularity. And you don't have to take our word for it: some world-class physicists think ...